GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |